FINAL REPORT

In 2005, 3,800 households (57%) were classified as poor and out of these 1,399 (21%) as very
Very Poor
21%
Poor
36%
Not Poor
43%
Source: Statistics provided by aimag administration
Figure 80: Poverty in Jargalant sum (2005)
poor households (see Fig. 80). Compared to
the other sums in the Buyant River Delta,
Jargalant has relatively few herdsmen. In
2005, 150 households were registered as
herders and 610 households owned livestock.
In total, they owned 56,583 livestock: 70
camels, 1,728 horses, 3,877 cattle, 17,832
sheep and 33,076 goats (KASY 2005). But
only a few herds are actually kept within the
sum boundary, most are kept in other sums of Khovd aimag by relatives or friends of the
owners.
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